Policy News Journal - 2013-14

Automatic enrolment is working, but are pension contributions adequate? ..................... 386 Intermediaries rise to automatic enrolment challenge ..................................................... 387 Achieving the 21st century pensions settlement: Beyond automatic enrolment............... 388 Automatic enrolment: Pay reference period changes...................................................... 389 The future of automatic enrolment in Scotland if independence is voted in ..................... 390 The Pensions Regulator: awareness reports, case studies and updated guidance ......... 390 CIPD automatic enrolment podcast ................................................................................ 391 Payroll Software Developers – Origo publishes 7 new standards ................................... 391 Firm hit with TPR fine after moving to private sector ....................................................... 392 TPR website makes improvements to its automatic enrolment planner........................... 392 Technical changes to automatic enrolment – consultation response published............... 393 Employers may not pass on consultancy charges to members of automatic enrolment schemes ......................................................................................................................... 394 Automatic enrolment six month count down for medium sized employers has begun ..... 394 NAPF calls for automatic enrolment contribution increases ............................................ 395 Free automatic enrolment webinar hosted by The Pensions Regulator........................... 396 TPR publish new automatic enrolment software guide.................................................... 396 Automatic enrolment charge cap could force 90,000 scheme reviews ............................ 397 Defined Ambition workplace pensions consultation published ........................................ 398 Pensions update on Defined Ambition scheme proposals .............................................. 398 The Pensions Regulator launches automatic enrolment business sector compliance visits ............................................................................................................................... 399 Automatic enrolment detailed guidance .......................................................................... 399 Automatic enrolment hits the two million mark ................................................................ 400 Automatic enrolment earnings threshold 2014/15 ........................................................... 401 Automatic enrolment earnings thresholds 2014/15 ......................................................... 402 Guidance updated on contractual enrolment and automatic enrolment........................... 403 The Pensions Regulator publishes Employer Staging Forecast ...................................... 403 NEST research shows 2014 stagers face fundamental challenges in getting automatic enrolment right................................................................................................................ 404 Give pension opt-outs ‘lost contribution’ statements, think-tank urges ............................ 405 Who will help the firms caught in the automatic enrolment capacity crunch? .................. 407 Technical changes to automatic enrolment – exceptions to employer duties .................. 407 Are you fully prepared for your automatic enrolment duties? .......................................... 408 Pensions regulator investigates 500 suspected AE breaches ......................................... 409 Automatic enrolment scores 3 million ............................................................................. 409 Automatic enrolment earnings thresholds 2014/15 ......................................................... 410 TUPE changes to reduce automatic enrolment mismatch............................................... 411 Intermediaries’ awareness, understanding and activity in relation to automatic enrolment411 Ceridian finds overall opt-out rates only 5.4%................................................................. 412 The Pensions Regulator publishes updated automatic enrolment guides ....................... 413 Automatic enrolment: feasibility of providing bulk staging date information ..................... 413 General Pensions News ................................................................................................... 414 PENSION SAVINGS ANNUAL ALLOWANCE CALCULATOR........................................ 414 THE PENSIONS REGULATOR RECORD KEEPING REVIEW ...................................... 414 WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRACTING-OUT DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (DC) FORMS ... 414 TPR OBJECTIVE WILL ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO CUT CONTRIBUTIONS.................. 415 IMPROVEMENTS TO HMRC PENSIONS ONLINE........................................................ 416 OTS REPORT - PENSIONER TAXATION...................................................................... 416 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO OTS RECOMMENDATIONS IN REVIEW OF PENSIONER TAXATION................................................................................................ 417 PENSION INDUSTRY BUSINESS UPDATE ISSUE 5.................................................... 418 PENSION LIBERATION – THE ISSUES AND THE TAX IMPLICATIONS ...................... 418 LATE PAYMENTS STATISTICS INCREASE COULD SIGNAL BIGGER PROBLEMS ... 418 AUTOMATIC TRANSFERS: CONSOLIDATING PENSION SAVINGS ........................... 419 MULTIPLE REGULATORS RISK CREATING GAPS IN GOVERNANCE STANDARDS 419 PENSIONS COME UNDER THE SPOT LIGHT IN THE RED TAPE CHALLENGE ........ 421 OCTOBER MINUTES – PENSIONS INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDER FORUM................... 421 THE PENSIONS ADVISORY SERVICE ADDS NEW MATERIAL................................... 422

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